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SPRINGBOARD II - LEVELS 17 - 23
LEVEL 17

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17A / Special Guests / Narrative / 411 / me / *Silent consonant k- knock
*Vowel digraphs –
ee- peeling, sweeping / *Contractions – can’t, back’s, I’ll
*Possessives – Mother Giant’s children
*Irregular past tense – swept
*Irregular plural - shelves / Familiar content with some picture support
*Direct speech
*Problem-solution element
17B / Questions About Koalas / Factual Description / 411 / because / if, water / *Vowel diphthongs –
ou – pouch, ground
*Consonant blends -
sm – small, smell
*Vowel digraphs –
ea – eat, means,
ow – slow, grow
*Variant vowels
aw – paws, claws / *Vowel digraph –
ee – need, feet, tree / *Adjectives – big, flat, black, small, round
*Antonyms – closed/open, slow/fast, front/back, young/old, small/big
*Ordinal numbers - first / *Specialized vocabulary with picture support
*Contents page
*Subheadings
*Captions add to information
*Visual literacy – Animal comparison info chart, Parts of a koala (labelled photo), Other marsupials photos
*Glossary
*Index
17C / Casey’s Art Project / Narrative / 417 / something, use, work / because, them / r-controlled sounds
work, hard / *Variant vowels –
aw – draw
*Vowel digraphs
ow - show / *Pronouns – I, she
*Possessives – Casey’s
*Contractions – didn’t, I’m, it’s
*Words expressing time - next / Familiar content with some picture support
*Direct speech
17D / A Builder’s Day / Factual Recount / 417 / people, which, work / Initial consonant digraph –
ph - phoned / *Vowel digraphs –
ee – need, coffee
ow – window, tomorrow
*r-controlled vowel sounds – order, worked, card / *Past tense verbs – needed, phoned, checked, started, talked, showed
*Words expressing time – first, then next / *Some specialized vocabulary with picture support
*Visual literacy – Reading the time (clocks)
*Glossary
*Index
17E / The Best Blackberries / Narrative / 410 / back, best, fast / again, them / *Vowel digraphs –
ie – pie
*Medial and final consonant digraphs
ck – bucket, back / r-controlled sounds -
turn, brown / *Irregular plurals (y to i-es) – blackberries
*Alternative words – said, yelled
*Compound word - blackberries / Familiar content with some picture support
*Direct speech
*Problem-solution (compare teamwork element with Special Guests)
17F / Sounds All Around / Information Report / 411 / through / because, each, fast, people, them, water / *Vowel digraph –
ea – hear, ears
ow – blow, low
*Vowel diphthongs –
ou – loud, sound / *Antonyms – backwards/forwards, empty/full, together/apart, fast/slow, loud/soft, high/low
*Sound verbs – singing, rumbling, talking, purring
* Homonyms – to/two/too, off/of
*consonant + le – rumble, bottle / *Specialized vocabulary with picture support
*Contents page
*Subheadings
*Visual literacy – Loud & soft sounds picture chart
*Glossary
*Index
17G / Mara’s Clouds / Narrative / 414 / cold, should / back, just, them, through, water, would / *Vowel digraph –
ai – rain, waited / Variant vowels –
aw – paw, claw / *Irregular plural – branches
*Contractions – don’t, that’s
*Possessives – Mara’s back, momma’s
*Antonyms – up/down, wet/dry / Familiar content with some picture support
*Direct speech (talking animals- fable)
17H / Horses / Factual Description / 418 / fast, if, people, use / *Medial and final consonant digraphs
gh – frightened, height, high / *Silent consonant kin knee
*Final consonant digraphs
ck – trick, kick, thick
*Vowel digraph –
ee – feel, feet
ow – bow
*Vowel diphthongs –
ou –ground
ow - crowds, down, brown / *Possessive apostrophe – horses‘, horse’s
*Irregular plural - hoof/hooves / *Some specialized vocabulary with picture support
*Contents page
*Subheadings
*Captions/labels add to information
*Visual literacy – Colours of horses info chart
*Glossary
*Index
LEVEL 18

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18A / The Maze Race / Narrative (Fable) / 442 / green, were, yellow / back, each, fast, if, should, them / Triple consonant blends – thr through, three / *Vowel digraphs –
ea – team, beat
ee – see, green, deep
ay – day, way
*Vowel diphthongs –
ou – found, around
*r-controlled sounds
start / *Syllables – re/mem/ber
*Repetition for emphasis – on and on
*Possessive adjective – their
*Compound word - someone / Familiar content with some picture support
*Direct speech (talking animals - fable)
*Story with a moral
18B / Ice-Cream / Explanation / 421 / once / about, again, best, cold, ever, sometimes, which, would / *Initial consonant digraph -
wh - whip
*Short vowel o -
coffee
*Long vowel o –
cone, cold / *Vowel digraphs –
ea – eat, cream
ee – freeze, degrees
oo – smooth, cooled
*Vowel diphthongs –
ow – down
*Consonant digraph –
ck – quickly, packaged, stick / *Syllables – in/gre/di/ents, pop/u/lar, choc/o/late, straw/berry,
con/tai/ner, bac/te/ria, mix/ture
*Prefixes – con-tainer, dis-play
*Compound words – without, supermarket, sometimes / *Specialized vocabulary with picture support
*Contents page
*Subheadings
*Captions add to information
*Visual literacy – Popular ice-cream flavours-colours, Step-by-step procedure (diagram)
*Glossary
*Index
18C / Carla Crocodile’s Adventure / Narrative (Adventure) / 435 / around / about, again, fast / *Consonant blends
dr – dress
*y as vowel –
cry / *Silent consonant
k – knocked
*Vowel diphthongs –
ow – town
*r-controlled sounds –
turned, park
*Vowel digraphs –
ie – tied
ee – street, see / *Alliteration – Carla Crocodile
*Punctuation symbol – exclamation mark
*Irregular plural – thief/thieves
*Base word - run, ran, runner, running
*Homonyms – of/off / Familiar content with some picture support
*Direct speech
*Problem-resolution
*Brave character
18D / An Interview with Alan Ant / Information report (Interview) / 441 / different, Earth, more, together / about, again, each, if, something, them, would / *Final consonant digraph –
th – growth
*Vowel digraph –
ae – larvae, pupae / *Vowel digraphs –
ei – protein
ea – least
ee – deep, sleep, queen
oo – soon, food
*Vowel diphthong –
ou – mounds, about
*y as vowel - fly / *Synonyms – build, make
*Compound word – everywhere, sometime, something / *Specialized vocabulary with picture support in interview format
*Labels add to information
*Visual literacy – Types of ants (diagrams)
*Glossary
*Index
18E / Bisa’s First Gallop / Narrative (Realistic Fiction) / 439 / across / about, again, around, back, were, would / *Initial consonant digraph -ph – phone
*Vowel digraphs –
oa – road
ay – today, way
*Vowel diphthong –
ou – around
*Silent consonants in
knows, phone, knew
*Consonant digraph –
ck – kicked, neck / *Suffix – slow-ly, bad-ly
*Tenses – ride, rode, riding, ridden
*Homonyms – off/of
*Compound words –
motorcycles
*Alliteration – stood still / Familiar content with some picture support
*Direct speech
*Problem-resolution
*Brave character (compare with Carla Crocodile)
18F / Big Bird Relatives / Factual Description (Compare-Contrast) / 430 / both / about, because, fast, small, them, which / * y as vowel –
fly, sky
*Vowel digraphs –
ee – feet, seeds
ow - grow
*Vowel diphthongs –
ow – brown
ou – found, ground
*Final consonant digraphs
gh – weigh
ck – thick, black, necks, kick, chicks / *Adjectives – small, long, brown
*Hyphenated words – grey-brown, blue-black, three-toed
*Compound word - roadside / *Specialized vocabulary with picture support
*Compare-contrast text and photos
*Contents page
*Subheadings
*Captions add to information
*Visual literacy –map, info chart
*Glossary
*Index
18G / A Very Good Idea / Narrative (Realistic Fiction) / 442 / ask / about, back, best, each, if, something, them, were, would / *Silent consonant g -
sign / *Vowel diphthongs –
ou – shouted, sounds, council
*Vowel digraph
ay – way, today / *Possessives – Lizzie’s dad
*Contractions – it’s, that’s, won’t, I’ll
*Compound words – skateboard, something, weekend, afternoon
*Comparatives – big, bigger, biggest
*Possessive pronoun - their / Familiar content with some picture support
*Direct speech
*Problem-resolution
18H / Amazing Mudskippers / Factual Description / 450 / about, across, back, because, each, fast, if, them, sometimes, through, together, use / *Triple consonant blends – str – stray, straighten / *Triple consonant blends – thr – through
*Vowel diphthongs –
ou – found
*Consonant blends –
cr - crawl
cl -climb / *Possessives – mudskippers‘ fins
frogs‘ eyes, divers‘ oxygen tanks / *Specialized vocabulary with picture support
*Contents page
*Subheadings
*Captions add to information
*Visual literacy – world map, info web
*Glossary
*Index
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19A / The Mystery of the Flattened Flowers / Narrative (Realistic Fiction) / 454 / think / about, across, around, both, them, were, yellow / *Hard c sound
cat, camped
*Soft c sound
centre / *Vowel diphthongs –
ow – flowers / *Alternative words – said, cried, whispered, shouted, asked
*Irregular plural – granny/grannies
*Adjectives – tall, small, bright, big, little
*Alliteration – flattened flowers
*Prefix – a-sleep, a-wake
* Onomatopoeia - shoo / Familiar content with some picture support
*Direct speech
*Cause and effect/problem-resolution
*Friendship element (grannies)
19B / Have You Ever Seen a Shell Walking? / Factual Description / 460 / about, around, back, because, ever, more, them, use / *r-controlled sound
hard
*Vowel diphthongs –
ou – around
*Variant vowels
aw – claws
*Silent consonant w
whole / *Compound words – everywhere, inside, seashell, cannot, someone
*Base words – dangerous, because, protection
*Adjectives – hard, new, soft, small
*Subject-related vocabulary - exoskeleton, pincer
*Antonyms - back/front, small/big / *Specialized vocabulary with picture support
*Contents page
*Subheadings
*Captions add to information
*Visual literacy – Parts of a hermit crab (diagram)
*Glossary
*Index
19C / New Schoolmates / Narrative (Realistic Fiction) / 463 / six / about, ask, both, different, more, them, think, were / *Vowel digraph –
ei – weird
oa - board
*r-controlled sound
morning, starting / *i before e exception – weird
*Syllables – in/tro/du/ced, wel/come, diff/er/ent
*Base words – happening, starting, slowly, children
*Irregular plural – country/countries
*Suffix – slow-ly / Familiar content with some picture support
*Direct speech
*Friendship element (compare with Mystery of the Flattened Flowers)
19D / What Lives in a Rotting Log? / Information Report / 465 / into, place / because, them, through, use / *Initial and final consonant digraphs –
ch- branch, chew / *r-controlled sound
bark
*Vowel digraph –
oa – soak, toad
oo – wood, look, good / *Prefix – un-like
*Connectives – because, but / *Specialized vocabulary with picture support
*Contents page
*Subheadings
*Captions/labels add to information
*Visual literacy – Cross-section of rotting log
*Glossary
*Index
19E / The Kite / Narrative (Realistic Fiction) / 460 / ready / about, best, green, into, should, together, use, work / *Short vowel i –
will, still, wind, plastic
*Long vowel i –
kite, like, idea, white / *Vowel digraph –
ay – day, Saturday
*y as vowel - fly
* Silent consonant k
knock
*Triple consonant blend –
str - strong / *Similes – a kite that flies like a bird
*Irregular tense - fly/flies / Familiar content with some picture support
*Direct speech
*Friendship element (compare with Mystery of the Flattened Flowers/New Schoolmates)
19F / Worker Magnetic Termites / Factual Description / 471 / side / about, around, back, best, different, Earth, into, more, place, them, use / Silent consonant d -
edge / *Vowel diphthong –
ow - tower / *Compound words – tombstone, toothpick
*Syllables – ter/mite, mag/ne/tic
* Antonyms – thick/thin / *Specialized vocabulary with picture support
*Captions add to information
*Visual literacy – map, types of magnetic termites (diagram), daily movement of termites (diagram)
*Glossary
*Index
19G / The Zigzag Kayak Trip / Narrative (Adventure) / 469 / time / about, across, ask, back, both, green, into, place, should, work / *Vowel diphthong –
ou – shouted, about
*Vowel digraph –
ay – bay, way
ea - mean, please
ee – steering
ie – replied
ow - follow
*Medial consonant digraph
gh – right, straight
Silent consonant w -
wrong / *Antonyms – back/front
*Suffix – wind-y, squeak-y / Familiar content with some picture support
*Direct speech
*Cause and effect
*Direct speech
*Friendship element (compare with friends working together in The Kite)
19H / Amazing Humpback Whales / Factual Description / 474 / back, cold, Earth, into, six, sometimes, through, together / Consonant blends -
tr - trap
sq - squeeze / *Final consonant digraph –
th – width, length
gh – through
*Vowel digraph –
ea – scream, reasons,
ee – squeeze, baleen
ay - spray
ow – grow, blow
*Vowel diphthongs –
ou – sound / *Base words in – amazing, largest, easier, swimming, using, releasing
*Hyphenated words – comb-like, shrimp-like, song-like
*Compound words – humpback, outstretched, blowholes, sometimes, underwater
*Possessive pronouns – its, their / *Specialized vocabulary with picture support
*Contents page
*Subheadings
*Captions/labels add to information
*Visual literacy – bubble-net diagram, migration map
*Glossary
*Index
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20A / Jamila Joins the Team / Narrative (Realistic Fiction) / 503 / called, maybe / ask, back, best, into, should, think, time, use / Complex word families –
sound, round, found, ground / *Vowel digraph –
ea – team
ee – see, keep
ow - tomorrow, know, throw
*Vowel diphthongs –
ow –frowned
ou – sound, found
*Silent consonant k
know / *Past tense – throw/threw
*Comparatives – fast/fastest / Familiar content with some picture support
*Direct speech
*Problem-resolution
20B / Common Wombats / Factual Description / 489 / mostly / called, fast, into, more, once, ready, six, use / *Final consonant digraphs